?I?m excited about the sale,? said John Pack. ?This is the third installment of the printing plates, providing an exciting and diverse selection of themes and artistic endeavors.?

The ABNC archive material to be auctioned in Atlanta follows a Southern and Civil War theme, from printing plates for bank notes and scrip to vignettes to advertising items.

Included is a four-subject steel plate for obsolete notes from the Bank of Selma, Ala., followed by a 12-subject plate for scrip from the city of Selma, Ala.

Portrait vignettes include Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee and Abraham Lincoln, among others, and other vignettes show the Battle of New Orleans, Battle of the Ironclads and various capitol buildings of the South, as well as scenes of riverboats and cotton production.

One large plate, 26 x 20 inches, shows a champion trotting horse.

Advertising items range from a Coca-Cola ad from sometime after 1916 to a Kentucky Fried Chicken ad.

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